Courgette & Marrow

We don’t like struggling to cope with a huge harvest and it seems the best way to deal with prolific courgettes is to grow less plants – this is why we sell you 6 seeds. This will give you plenty of courgettes without being over-run! Sow in modules, one per pot, inside in late April/early May and plant out after frosts.

One packet each of Atena Polka, Cocozelle & Genovese to give you mouth-watering fruits in a range of colours: bright golden yellow, stripy and pale green. Enjoy these courgettes in all their splendour.

This is a popular courgette that it is very reliable. It produces lots of dark green fruit that are best cut at about 10cm long. You do need to keep an eye on them or they will grow much bigger! If you regularly harvest them it will crop over a long period. Price for 6 seeds

Deep yellow, almost golden, easy to spot fruits nestling in a bushy plant. These are very tasty and appear in profusion. We like to pick them on the young side (20cm long or so) which encourages even more to appear! This variety hails from Poland. Price for 6 seeds

An early high yielding variety producing large quantities of very dark green small fruits. The plants are known for being compact and so taking up less space than you might expect (leaving you room for more varieties!) Price for 6 seeds

Beautiful pale green mottled fruit produced in profusion on an open plant. This is a Lebanese type variety with a gently nutty, almost almond, flavour. Why not try a Kousa mahshi recipe – stuffed courgette cooked in tomato.

Cocozelle – prolific Italian heirloom from the 1880s. The stripy fruits are a beautiful two tone green and have an outstanding flavour. Indeed this variety is renowned for the baby fruit for eating raw at 5cm long, larger fruits are prized for slicing, frying and steaming. Compact bush plants also make this a good choice for those with smaller gardens. Price for 6 seeds

Each slice will be beautifully scalloped from the ribbing on the fruits perfect for pan frying or grilling. These vining heirloom plants might produce less courgettes than hybrids but the stripy fruits are delicately flavoured when picked at 20cm long and cooked whole or popped into salads. Leave them to grow on into distinctive long fluted fruit with a rich nutty flavour while staying tender: one to try.
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Prolific, giving you a continuous supply through the season. Just remember to keep picking them. Their distinctive shape, easy to find yellow colouring, delicious flavour and firm texture make them an all round winner. Price for 6 seeds

A British bred variety that will give you a fabulous harvest of speckled green courgettes. This AGM winner fruits well into the autumn if regularly picked and, while fairly compact, its open habit does mean that you can see and reach the crop. We are sure this variety will become a favourite.
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Look forward to a prolific crop of dark green fruits with a lighter green stripe. These can be started early under cloches for the earliest courgette harvest. This tasty and reliable variety can also be grown in a pot or container. Price for 6 seeds 0.75

This is a perfect squash for us as the flavour remains excellent even if your courgette has escaped notice and is taking on marrow proportions! The fruit are mid green (so they can hide) with a lighter stripe. Ours were still producing at the beginning of October.
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The flavour is top notch and so they do live up to their reputation: vigorous bushy plants, very productive and giving quite uniform, golden yellow, smooth skinned fruits. They look like funky lemons when you pick them with a bit of the green stem acting as a Mohican hair cut! Price for 6 seeds.

This lovely light green courgette has a velvety smooth texture and a delicious yet delicate flavour. The plant has an open bush habit and so it easy to spot the slightly bulbous ended fruit amongst the foliage. Early and prolific.
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Beautiful bright yellow fruits are produced by a compact ad strong growing plant. You will be able to see your harvest among the leaves! Yummy, prolific and a visual delight on your plate: Jemmer is a must have variety
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Tidy compact plants make this an excellent choice for growing in pots on the patio or balcony. The fruits are dark green with a slight lighter speckle and they have a delightful flavour. This British bred variety has been awarded an AGM. Quality at its best. Price for 6 seeds

Full sized flavourful fruits in profusion from a plant so compact it is half the size of other courgettes and is perfect for pots on your patio or fit at least three in a growbag. The perfect plant for those with a small growing space or those with very windy gardens. AGM winner

I am very keen on courgettes I can see: these are lemon yellow club shaped fruits and the bushy plants are fairly open so it is easy to spy these, reach in and pluck them. They are tender and succulent, I am picking by the time they reach 20cm long, and often earlier them when finger thick to eat fresh and whole in salad. Yum. Price for 6 seeds. Price for 6 seeds

Delicious and really vibrant yellow with distinctive white stripes running along the length of the fruits. They are prolific, easy to find with stunning looks on the bushes and on your plate. Even the leaves are splashed with yellow. With a spineless bush habit these are a top choice for growing with children and for smaller spaces

A heritage variety producing delightful round shaped courgettes. It is both compact and productive. The pale green fruit can be cut at golf ball size for use whole. The flavour is delicious. Price for 6 seeds

Rarely offered for sale this is a fantastic and beautiful variety: bell ended, gently curved and able to grow up to 1m in length! We recommend that if you want the best taste and to encourage more fruit then harvest when about 30cm. When larger they can be roasted. This variety can also be encouraged to climb. Don’t show them to your mother-in-law or anyone with a nervous disposition!
Price for 6 seeds 0.90

Unique and delicious: the yellow fruits look as though they have been dipped in pale green at the blossom end. Harvest when they reach 10-15cm long and instead of slicing cut these into long strips and pan fry for maximum impact: they are perfect for cooking in this way as they have a firm texture and a nutty flavour enhanced by a little olive oil or butter.
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This is a bush variety that will give you plenty of courgettes. The courgettes are slightly mottled green with the added benefit of having fewer seeds in the middle than other varieties perfect for recipes such as pan fried courgette slices. Price for 6 seeds

This is a traditional Italian favourite with a wonderful flavour. They can be picked very young and small, cooked in the same way as asparagus and served with melted butter. Simply delicious.
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Little marrows for small spaces do not come much better than this: lovely dark green fruits have a pale green stripe; they grow to about 15-20cm long and are both tender and flavourful. The plants are so compact you can even grow them in a container. Price for 4 seeds.

This marrow variety is very early mature and is very popular. It will produce large dark green fruit with pale stripes. It can be cut young at courgette size (10-15cm) or left to mature. It has an excellent taste when lightly cooked. Price for 4 seeds

This marrow is a remarkable striped bush type that fruits even earlier than Long Green Bush. It is prolific, uniform and disease resistant. If you pick it when it is small it makes a fine courgette. Price for 4 seeds